Westerly - Art lovers from around the region braved the cold and rain to attend the 16th annual Virtu Art Festival in Westerly's Wilcox Park Saturday.

The festival organizers said more than 150 artists from the visual and performing arts participated.

Art lovers from around the region brave the cold and rain to attend the 16th annual Virtu Art Festival in Wilcox Park in Westerly Saturday, May 25, 2013.Tim Cook/The DayBuy Photo

Painter Mike Bryce of Providence works on an oil painting on a park bench in front of his booth as art lovers from around the region brave the cold and rain to attend the 16th annual Virtu Art Festival in Wilcox Park in Westerly Saturday, May 25, 2013.Tim Cook/The DayBuy Photo